Episode 56 – Deflect and Redirect: Handling Conflict Like a Kung Fu Master

Episode 56 – Deflect and Redirect: Handling Conflict Like a Kung Fu Master

How to deal with conflict can be, well, confliciting! In this episode, Jen and Sandi tackle the topic of conflict and how knowing yourself can aid you in knowing how to master conflict! Listen along as they cover:

  • why conflict can be good for leaders
  • the different types of conflict
  • how to identify what your own conflict behavior is
  • what harm withdrawing from conflict can do 
  • the role of EQ (emotional intelligence) in conflict and the weight it carries
  • the gift of considering different perspectives and the ability to get out of your own head
  • how engaging with others is NOT a weakness in leadership
  • increased communication versatility
  • the importance of sleeping on a decision and taking time to process the information
  • the cost of doing conflict poorly

and more! Tune in to hear more tips so you can conquer conflict with ease!

Thank you so much for listening! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform, and make sure to check out the video cast under the “Videos” tab!
Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!®
Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc!

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Episode 55 – Leading with Clarity-Debunking Leadership Myths

Episode 55 – Leading with Clarity-Debunking Leadership Myths

Welcome to Episode 55 of Leadership Kung Fu! Jen and Sandi are back after a shiny new rebrand and  a first episode of 2025! To start out this year, listen along as they tackle topics such as:

  •  what has changed within things you subscribe to and how the workplace is different than what it was 10/15+ years ago
  • how “no” is not a bad word in the workplace
  • vulnerability is a good, healthy thing
  • not all leaders are charismatic
  • Everything DiSC by Wiley
  • results vs. relationships and the importance of workplace connections
  • how relationships ≠ “liking” someone
  • how our words set us up to show up
  • time and energy management
  • HBR: Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time

and more! Tune in as they bust more leadership myths to start your 2025 with clarity!

Thank you so much for listening! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform, and make sure to check out the video cast under the “Videos” tab!
Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!®
Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc!

Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Leave us a comment on LinkedIn! 

Episode 54 – The Art of Goal Setting, Keeping, and Achieving

Episode 54 – The Art of Goal Setting, Keeping, and Achieving

Happy holidays from Organizational Transformational Kung Fu: The Podcast! Jen and Sandi are looking to the future this week and talk about goals and how to set them, keep them, and meet them! Follow along as they chat about:

  • their year in review
  • what reflection can do for you and writing vs. typing/digital record keeping
  • hard vs. soft transformations
  • the role of practice and support in discipline
  • what we’re really doing when we “let ourselves off the hook”
  • the importance of the set up short term does for long term
  • how we are influenced by the number of goals we set
  • Atomic Habits by James Clear 
  • considering a “shift” instead of a “stop”
  • an exciting new change coming to OTKF in 2025!

We want to thank each and every one of you for your support all throughout 2024, and we cannot wait to see what we can do in 2025! See you next year!

Thank you so much for listening! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform, and make sure to check out the video cast under the “Videos” tab!
Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!®
Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc!

Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Leave us a comment on LinkedIn! 

Episode 53 – Listening as a Leader

Episode 53 – Listening as a Leader

In this week’s episode of OT Kung Fu, Jen and Sandi revisit the types of listening they talked about with author Sean Grace and ponder how the listening types affect us in the workplace. Join them as they cover:

and more!

Thank you so much for listening! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform, and make sure to check out the video cast under the “Videos” tab!
Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!®
Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc!

Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Leave us a comment on LinkedIn!